Shinhye Lee
Bothell,USA
Summary
Specializes in mixed-methods research and usability testing. Delivered a new mapping scale for core assessments that effectively addressed client needs. Demonstrates strong collaboration skills with stakeholders and leverages advanced data analysis to achieve impactful research outcomes. Passionate about driving innovation in educational assessment through rigorous research methodologies.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Research Scientist
Educational Testing Service
Princeton, NJ
01.2020 - Current
- Collaborate with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to develop research agenda
- Create research plans and client-facing documents that align with business goals and context
- Conduct mixed-methods research involving survey, interview, focus groups, usability testing, and eye-tracking methodologies
- Create language test-task prototypes and online learning products
- Publish and present research findings for stakeholders and users
- Delivered a new mapping scale for ETS’s core assessment product in direct respond to the needs of a business segment in South Korea
- Identified insights of an under-researched test-taking population and their pain points taking a newly renovated assessment product
- Co-managed an eye-tracking lab; trained Research Assistants on using the eye tracker and developed new research agenda on usability testing using the eye tracker
Assessment and Pedagogy Coordinator
University of Chicago Language Center
Chicago, IL
06.2018 - 05.2019
- Responsible for operating a Mellon grant funded, university-initiated flagship program
- Design and conduct professional development workshops for foreign language instructors
- Guide 21 language instructors to develop and implement new assessment tasks, rubrics, and course content
- Conduct survey and interview to evaluate program success
- Identified the pain points of language instructors on classroom/assessment reformation efforts and their desire for receiving professional development opportunities
- Document processes for standardization
Research Assistant
Center for Language Teaching Advancement, Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
08.2013 - 08.2018
- Operate as a core team member of a National Education Security Program grant-funded project housed at MSU
- Administer language assessments on a large-scale involving 500+ foreign language students
- Assist designing and conducting background questionnaires, self-assessment measures, eye-tracking research, and focus-group interviews
- Transcribe and analyze various types of data
Research Intern
WIDA Wisconsin Center for Education Research
Madison, WI
06.2017 - 08.2017
- Assist senior researcher and assessment director at WIDA on two research projects
- Analyze test-taker spoken data using automatized language tools
- Transcribe and analyze user interview data using NVivo
- Publish and present research findings for internal stakeholders and WIDA assessment users
- Initiate and conduct new research with WIDA staff involving 10 teacher-users of the WIDA assessment
Research Assistant
Department of English Education, Ewha Womans University
Seoul, South Korea
08.2011 - 07.2013
- Assist two professors on four university-funded research projects
- Design and conduct surveys, interviews, and data analysis
- Research and write content for research papers
- Serve as a core team member of organizing an international conference
Education
PhD - Second Language Studies
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI, USA01.2018
MA - English Education
Ewha Womans University
Seoul, South Korea01.2011
BA - History Education, English Education
Hongik University
Seoul, South Korea01.2009
Skills
- Mixed-methods research
- Usability testing
- Eye-tracking methodologies
- Data analysis
- Survey design
- Language assessment
Websites
Languages
English
Full Professional
Korean
Native/ Bilingual
Timeline
Associate Research Scientist
Educational Testing Service
01.2020 - Current
Assessment and Pedagogy Coordinator
University of Chicago Language Center
06.2018 - 05.2019
Research Intern
WIDA Wisconsin Center for Education Research
06.2017 - 08.2017
Research Assistant
Center for Language Teaching Advancement, Michigan State University
08.2013 - 08.2018
Research Assistant
Department of English Education, Ewha Womans University
08.2011 - 07.2013
PhD - Second Language Studies
Michigan State University
MA - English Education
Ewha Womans University
BA - History Education, English Education
Hongik University
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